"Obi-Wan's life will be portrayed, though many speculate the film would be a small-scale adventure including Obi-Wan's exile on Tatooine between the events of episodes ""III"" and ""IV"", though it is unsure where ""Rogue One"", which mentioned Obi-Wan, would fit in this story. In August 2017, Stephen Daldry was reported to be directing the film. While no casting decisions have been made, Ewan McGregor has said he would be open to reprising the role of Obi-Wan. In December 2017, it was reported that an Obi-Wan Kenobi anthology film was eying a potential January 2019 production-start date. On May 17, 2018,"
"(1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in ""Doctor Zhivago"" (1965), and Professor Godbole in ""A Passage to India"" (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas's original ""Star Wars"" trilogy; for the original film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards. Guinness was one of three British actors, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who made the transition from Shakespearean theatre to blockbuster films immediately after World War II. Guinness served in the Royal Naval Reserve during the war and commanded a landing craft during the invasion of Sicily and"
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in ""Star Wars"" in 1977. He received an Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980. In 1988, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for ""Little Dorrit"". He received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award for lifetime achievement in 1989. For his theatre work, he received an Evening Standard Award for his performance as T. E. Lawrence in ""Ross"" and a Tony Award for his Broadway turn as Dylan Thomas in ""Dylan"". Guinness received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 Vine"
"only actor from the films to do so. All other voice actors have either before or since provided voice work in the ""Star Wars"" universe. James Arnold Taylor, who voices Obi-Wan Kenobi in the series, provides the voice of Obi-Wan. Mat Lucas provides the voice of Anakin Skywalker, having also doubled for Hayden Christensen in the video game, """", as well as in the 2003 ""Clone Wars"" series. Voice actor Corey Burton, primary talent for the animated version of Count Dooku, voices various minor characters as well as Dooku himself. General Grievous is voiced by Matthew Wood, who also provided"
"cast as Vladimir Maximovitch in Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975), which was shot in Hungary and France. George Lucas met with Jay about playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in a planned film with the working title ""Galactic Warfare"". Despite Jay agreeing to the role, Lucas decided to cast Alec Guinness, instead. On stage he had a small roles in plays such as Anton Chekhov's ""The Three Sisters"" (1976) and Terence Rattigan's ""The Deep Blue Sea"" (1981). More important roles followed with an appearance as Jaggers in ""Great Expectations"" (1984) at the Old Vic, and as Shylock in ""The Merchant of Venice""."
"cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in """" (1999); the character was originally played by Sir Alec Guinness in the first ""Star Wars"" trilogy. While the prequels received criticism from some ""Star Wars"" fans, McGregor's performance was well received. He reprised the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for the subsequent prequels """" (2002) and """" (2005). His uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy. McGregor starred in ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001) as the young poet Christian, who falls in love with the terminally-ill courtesan Satine (Nicole Kidman). He starred alongside Renée Zellweger in ""Down With Love"" (2003). He"
"Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor and director, known internationally for his various film roles, including independent dramas, science-fiction epics, and musicals. McGregor's first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series ""Lipstick on Your Collar"". Some of his best known roles include heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films ""Trainspotting"" (1996) and ""T2 Trainspotting"" (2017), Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001), young Edward Bloom in ""Big Fish"" (2003), Rodney"
"won a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, or for portraying the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy. In October 1997 he was ranked 36th in ""Empire"" magazine's ""The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time"" list. James McAvoy is a BAFTA Rising Star Award winning Scottish stage and screen actor. He has featured in a number of films, including 2007's BAFTA Award-winning ""The Last King of Scotland"" and Disney's highest-grossing live action film """". McAvoy was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in 2007's ""Atonement"". He has also made appearances"
"played by Sir Alec Guinness in the first ""Star Wars"" trilogy. He reprised the role in its sequels """" (2002), and """" (2005). In the 2015 film """", McGregor reprised the role of Obi-Wan in a voice cameo. His uncle, Denis Lawson, had played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy. For his role as Christian in the 2001 jukebox musical romantic comedy film, ""Moulin Rouge!"" he received his first nomination for a Golden Globe, for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Eleven years later, he was nominated for ""Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"" (2012), in the same category."
"rather than Tarkin, but could not have done so because he was to be filming other movie roles when ""Star Wars"" was shooting, and Tarkin's scenes took less time to film than those of the larger Kenobi role. Although not a particular fan of science fiction, Cushing accepted the part because he believed his audience would love ""Star Wars"" and enjoy seeing him in the role. Cushing joined the cast in May 1976, and his scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. Along with Alec Guinness, who was ultimately cast as Kenobi, Cushing was among the most famous actors"
"James Arnold Taylor James Arnold Taylor (born July 22, 1969) is an American voice actor, known for portraying Ratchet in the ""Ratchet & Clank"" franchise; the main character Tidus in ""Final Fantasy X""; and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" animated features such as """" and the franchise's video games. Taylor was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. He has been voice acting since 1995, first appearing in the Japanese game ""Emit"". He has been an active member of the voice acting community since, appearing in numerous roles, including Ratchet in the ""Ratchet & Clank"" video game series and"
"the original ""Star Wars"" (1977) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the only acting nomination for a ""Star Wars"" film. Obi-Wan Kenobi is introduced in the original ""Star Wars"" living as a hermit by the name of Old Ben Kenobi on the planet Tatooine. When Luke Skywalker and the droid C-3PO wander off in search of the lost droid R2-D2, Obi-Wan rescues them from a band of native and hostile Tusken Raiders. At Obi-Wan's home, R2-D2 plays a recording of Princess Leia saying that R2-D2 contains the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic"
"Mos Eisley Mos Eisley is a spaceport town in the fictional ""Star Wars"" universe. Located on the planet Tatooine, it first appeared in the 1977 film ""Star Wars"", described by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) as a ""wretched hive of scum and villainy."" Scenes set in Mos Eisley made a particular impact on audiences as they included a noted scene in an insalubrious cantina frequented by numerous alien races. Location filming for the spaceport took place in 1975-6 in Tunisia with interiors filmed at Elstree Studios in London. Mos Eisley made its first appearance in the original"
""""" animated series. Obi-Wan Kenobi is portrayed by James Arnold Taylor, who played the role in the 2002 game ""Star Wars: The Clone Wars"" as well as the cartoon series. Scott Lawrence, known for his role as Sturgis Turner in the television series ""JAG"", also returns to voice Darth Vader, a role he has portrayed since the 1990s. Other veteran ""Star Wars"" voice actors such as Tom Kane, Steve Blum and T.C. Carson also provide voice overs. Temuera Morrison portrays his signature roles Boba Fett, Jango Fett and the game's clone trooper narrator, but does not provide the in-game clone"
"Rey follows to the oceanic planet Ahch-To. She finds Luke and presents him with the lightsaber. Tim Rose and Mike Quinn reprise their respective roles as Admiral Ackbar and Nien Nunb from ""Return of the Jedi"". Kipsang Rotich returns as the voice of Nien Nunb and Erik Bauersfeld returns to voice Ackbar. This was Bauersfeld's final film role before his death in April 2016. Kenny Baker, originally announced as part of the cast, was credited as ""consultant"" for R2-D2, with Jimmy Vee performing some of the work for R2-D2. Ewan McGregor has an uncredited vocal cameo as Obi-Wan Kenobi in"
"as 'Slappy Wanna Nappy'. In the ""Family Guy"" episode ""Blue Harvest"", Obi-Wan Kenobi is parodied by the character Herbert. In the short film ""Thumb Wars"", Obi-Wan is parodied as the character ""Oobedoob Benubi"". In the film, his full name is 'Oobedoob Scooby-Doobi Benubi, the silliest name in the galaxy.' In the 1977 ""Star Wars"" parody ""Hardware Wars"", Obi-Wan is parodied by the character ""Augie Ben Doggie"". The TV Tropes website uses Obi-Wan's name for the archetype mentor figure. Guinness received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the parody song ""The Saga"
"additional detailing reflecting the passage of time. The most noticeable change is the rectangular sensor array above the top hull, which replaces the circular dish from the first three films. Han Solo won the ""Millennium Falcon"" from Lando Calrissian in the card game 'sabacc' several years before the events of the film ""A New Hope"". In ""Star Wars"", Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) charter the ship in the Mos Eisley cantina to deliver them, C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), and the stolen Death Star plans to Alderaan. When the ""Falcon"" is captured by the Death"
"Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker) to Alderaan. Naboo security forces use landspeeders in their attempt to retake the capital city of Theed in """", and various speeders appear in """" and """". Speeders are playable-controllable craft in a variety of LucasArts titles. A ""Star Wars"" fan named Daniel Deutsch built a full-scale replica of the landspeeder that can be driven like an automobile. It first surfaced at the Neatorama website where it was discovered by rapper Kanye West who posted pictures of the landspeeder in his blog. One of the photographs show former 'N"
"""The Godfather Part III"". As for Gaipa's activity as a voice actor, he was the Italian voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi (portrayed by Alec Guinness) in the ""Star Wars Original Trilogy"" as well as Bagheera in the Italian-Language version of ""The Jungle Book"". He also dubbed over the voices of Lionel Stander, Eli Wallach, Peter Ustinov, Rod Steiger, Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster and Spencer Tracy. He also assisted with the foundation of a dubbing company in the 1970s. As Gaipa suffered some serious health problems, he went from using a walking stick to using a wheelchair in his later stages in"
"theme is heard during the bar scene in the 2011 film ""Paul"", recorded by Syd Masters and The Swing Riders. Mos Eisley Mos Eisley is a spaceport town in the fictional ""Star Wars"" universe. Located on the planet Tatooine, it first appeared in the 1977 film ""Star Wars"", described by the character Obi-Wan Kenobi (played by Alec Guinness) as a ""wretched hive of scum and villainy."" Scenes set in Mos Eisley made a particular impact on audiences as they included a noted scene in an insalubrious cantina frequented by numerous alien races. Location filming for the spaceport took place in"
"it was reported that the title of the next ""Star Wars"" anthology film is titled ""Kenobi: A Star Wars Story"" under the working title ""Joshua Tree"", and the rumored director is Stephen Daldry. The character is loosely inspired by General Makabe Rokurōta, a character from Akira Kurosawa's film ""The Hidden Fortress"", played by Toshiro Mifune (whom series creator George Lucas also considered casting as Obi-Wan). ""Mad"" magazine parodied the original film under the title ""Star Roars"" and included a character named 'Oldie Von Moldie', a grizzled 97-year-old whose lightsaber runs on an extension cord. The Shanghai nightclub shown in the"
"of second hand, childish banalities."" Guinness grew so tired of modern audiences apparently knowing him only for his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi that he would throw away the mail he received from ""Star Wars"" fans without reading it. From the 1970s, Guinness made regular appearances on UK television, including the part of George Smiley in the serialisations of two novels by John le Carré: ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" and ""Smiley's People"". He twice won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for the roles, and Le Carré was so impressed by Guinness's performance as Smiley that he based his"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"interview with Harrelson bolstered speculation that he may be specifically playing ""[[Star Wars expanded to other media|Legends]]"" character [[Garris Shrike]], but Harrelson revealed the character's name as Beckett in March 2017. In February 2017, Phoebe Waller-Bridge joined the cast in an undisclosed role, said to be ""a CGI-driven performance"" similar to [[Alan Tudyk]] in ""Rogue One"" as the droid [[K-2SO]]. Additionally, it was reported that Thandie Newton was in negotiations to star in the film. Waller-Bridge and Newton were confirmed as being cast by the end of February, alongside the announcement that Joonas Suotamo would appear as Chewbacca, reprising the"
"Silas Carson Silas Carson (born 1965) is an English actor, mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray in all three of the Star Wars prequels and providing the voice of the Ood in ""Doctor Who"". In """", Carson also plays two other speaking parts, the Senator of the Trade Federation, Lott Dod (although his voice was replaced with that of actor Toby Longworth) and Antidar Williams, the co-pilot of the ship that Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) are on in the first scene. He also made a guest appearance on the BBC"
"Wars Weekends as he gave his ""inside the saga"" story. Daniels is an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center. Anthony Daniels Anthony Daniels (born 21 February 1946) is an English actor and mime artist. He is best known for playing C-3PO in the ""Star Wars"" film series. He is the only actor to have appeared in all of the major films in the series, as well as its many spin-offs (TV shows, video games, etc.). Daniels was the voice of Legolas in the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation of ""The Lord of the Rings"" (1978). He has appeared"
"Ewan McGregor filmography The filmography of Scottish actor, voice actor, singer, and director Ewan McGregor. McGregor made his debut in the British television series ""Lipstick on Your Collar"". He followed this one year later by appearing in Bill Forsyth's ""Being Human"" (1994), Danny Boyle's thriller ""Shallow Grave"" (1994). Two years later, he plays the heroin addict Mark Renton in Danny Boyle's ""Trainspotting"" which garnered his international recognition. He reprised the role in the sequel film ""T2 Trainspotting"" (2017). In 1999, he played the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first of the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy """"; the character was originally"
"Kenobi, Jawa and Luke and Han as Stormtroopers. Series 6 included an Imperial Snowtrooper, Luke Skywalker (Hoth), Wampa, Yoda and Tie Pilot. Series 7 included Boba Fett (ROTJ) Han in Carbonite, Leia Boush and Lando. Series 7 includes Slave Leia, Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight), Jabba the Hutt and Admiral Ackbar. Star Wars Limited editions; 2009 SDCC: Darth Vader Unmasked Luke Dagobah Variant (500) 2010 SDCC: Lobot (1000) 2010 Star Wars The Force Unleashed II Video Game (Xbox 360 & PS3) Starkiller mimobot. 2011 SDCC Bossk: (500) 2012 May the 4th: Hooded darth Maul (504) 2012 SDCC: Biker Scout (1000) 2013"
"mystic Professor Godbole in ""A Passage to India"". He was also offered a role in Lean's ""Ryan's Daughter"" (1970) but declined. At that time, Guinness ""mistrusted"" Lean and considered the formerly close relationship to be strained—although, at his funeral, he recalled that the famed director had been ""charming and affable"". Guinness appeared in five Lean films that were ranked in the British Film Institute's top 50 greatest British films of the 20th century: 3rd (""Lawrence of Arabia""), 5th (""Great Expectations""), 11th (""The Bridge on the River Kwai""), 27th (""Doctor Zhivago"") and 46th (""Oliver Twist""). Guinness's role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in"
"were from March–April 2017 at the ""SouthCoast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza"" in Hanover, Massachusetts, where he was the guest of honor, Fan Expo Dallas, and the second annual ""Silicon Valley Comic Con"". Adam West William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor known primarily for his role as Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film. West began acting in films in the 1950s. He played opposite Chuck Connors in ""Geronimo"" (1962) and The Three Stooges in ""The Outlaws Is"
"Star Wars (1983 video game) Star Wars is an arcade game designed by Mike Hally and produced by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The game is a first person space combat game using 3D color vector graphics to simulate the attack on the Death Star from the 1977 film ""Star Wars"". It was developed during the Golden Age of Arcade Games and has appeared in lists of the greatest video games of all time. The game features several digitized samples of voices from the movie, including Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, James Earl Jones as Darth"
"of the original ""Star Wars"". Here (as in the original), Han Solo disputes with the alien bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake and Maria De Aragon), whom he kills; and Jabba confirms Greedo's last words and demands that Han pay the value of the payload lost by him. Han promises to compensate Jabba as soon as he receives payment for delivering Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), Luke Skywalker, R2-D2, and C-3PO to Alderaan; Jabba agrees, but threatens to place a price on Solo's head if he fails. This conversation was an unfinished scene of the original 1977 film, in which Jabba was"
"(1999), Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) discovers nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), whom he believes to be the ""Chosen One"" of a Jedi prophecy who is destined to bring balance to the Force; the boy is eventually paired with Qui-Gon's apprentice, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), who promises to train him. The sequel, ""Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones"", establishes that the Jedi forswear all emotional attachments, including romantic love, which proves problematic when Anakin, now a young adult (Hayden Christensen), falls in love with Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman), whom Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi"